Display rack.



A. C. MILLS, JR.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16.19H.

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DISPLAY CK.

Applicationfiled October 16, 1911.

to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andto the reference numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to store furniture and has for its objectto provide a simple, neat and attractive display rack or stand such asis used in store windows and on counters to attractively expose smallarticles, more particularly, for public view.

A further object of the invention is to provide a knock-down fixture ofthis nature that may be easily taken apart or assembled, and theimprovements" are more particularly directedv to the arrangements anddevices employed for holding the parts together.

To these and other'ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claim at the endof the specification. v

In the drawingsLFigure 1 is a perspective view of a display rackconstructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of myinvention, and F ig.- 2 is a detail enlarged section taken substantiallyon the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicate thesame parts.

A device constructed in accordance with my invention comprises generallya supporting standard A and one or more platforms or tables B extendingtransversely thereof at intervals throughout its length. Two standardsmay be employed at a distance apart and connected by one or more of thetables B, as shown in Fig. 1, each standard supporting one end of thetable, and also,

if desired, smaller tables disconnected from the other standard. Ineither case, each standard comprises a plurality of sections 1, 2, 3 andt superposed one upon the other, end to end, each section being equal inlength to the distance desired between two adjacent platforms Theselatter are interposed and held between. the ends of the adjacentsections in the following manner: The end of one section, in the presentSpecification of Letters Patent.

section will be in the same rammed July a, rare.

Serial No. 654,867.

instance the lower section 1, for instance, is provided with a socket 5.and the other with a recess 6 alined therewith and preferably providedwith a threaded bushing 7.

, Tightly fitting within the socket 5 is a dowel pin 8 that has athreaded portion 9 projecting from the end of the section 1 through anaperture 10 in the platform B and threaded into the recess 6 so that theupper section 2 may be drawn down tightly and the plat form will beclamped between the end faces of the two sections, which result isobtained by rotating one section relatively to the other.

If the standards and the sections thereof are made cylindrical in form,it, of course, does not matter at what point one is stopped with regardto its rotative relation to the other when the parts are screwedtogether, but when the sections are prismatic or reetangular in crosssection, for instance, as shown, it is desirable that when they areassembled the corresponding faces of each or parallel planes. Yet thelength ofv the threaded dowel 9 cannot be regulated to nicely bringabout this result and at the same time assure a tight engagement ofeither section against the intermediate platform. I,' therefore, makeallowance for the rotation of one section relatively to the other afterthe threaded dowel has been screwed 'home, and, in the present instance,I simply fit the lower end 8 thereof tightly within its socket5 so thatit is frictionally held both against longitudinal removal and rotarymovement with normal manipulations of the rack and of the other partsthereof,but this frictional clamping of the pin in its socket may beovercome by an abnormal efio'rt to properly aline the faces of thesections.

A rack constructed in accordance with my present invention is neat andsimple and shows no outward evidences of a knockdown construction, yetit may be stored within small compass and being readily taken. apart itsplatforms or tables may be interchanged at will and its design as awhole thereby varied. The standards and tables may be made of anysuitable material, but li prefer wood for the standards and glass forthe tables.

I claim as invention:

in adispiay device. the combination with a shelf, of a standardsupporting the shelf comprising upper and lower wocden sections ofsimilar angular cross section arranged above and below the same, athreaded bushing secured in one of the sections and having its outer endflush with. the end of said section forming .a 'fl'at face continuouswith the end ofthe section for engagement with the shelf, the othersection having a cylindrical socket in its end, a threaded dowel pin ofcircular cross section having one end frietionally held in said socket,the outside diameter of the dowel pin being subto enable its beingturned Within the socket,

the other end of the dowel pin engaging the aforementioned bushing, andthe-shelf 15 between the sections havingan opening to' receive the dowelpin.

AMERICUS o. MILLS, JR.

Witnesses: I I

Y W. S. EARsEMAN, (1E. HA'rrRm.

